This week at Heronswood Primary School, celebrations were running high for the 24 children who managed to achieve 100% attendance for the whole school year. The children, who were from Year 1 up to Year 6, joined Mrs Pierpoint for afternoon tea in the school hall.

To celebrate this fantastic achievement Mrs Pierpoint organised afternoon tea for everyone to share. The children enjoyed cups of tea in proper cups and saucers, along with cakes, biscuits and snacks. The children were in high spirits as they tucked into all the tasty food that had been provided for them as they chatted and laughed with their friends.

Mrs Pierpoint, Head of School said, "We encourage all of our children to have very high attendance as this ensures they are in school to receive the education they deserve. I am particularly proud of these 24 children, who have achieved 100% across the whole of this academic year. As a school we appreciate the dedication and commitment these children and their parents have shown and wish to thank them for their continued support. Fingers crossed for 100% attendance again next year."

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At Heronswood Primary School we offer child care for children aged 3-12 years. Each day we provide a range of activities to ensure all our children have lots of fun but in addition each day has a special theme. Whether you are a working parent or just fancy a little bit of peace and quiet, get in touch and sign up for our holiday club.

On Thursday 30th November, four children from 6BK were invited to Worcester Royal Grammar School in order to take part in a morning of maths challenges. Fatima, Charlie, Alex and Toby were excited at the prospect of competing against other schools in the Rivers Academy and another Worcester City Primary School.

Just after the October half term holiday major building work and renovations started at Heronswood Primary School and Pre-School where the plan is to build four brand new classrooms. These new classrooms will be used by our Year 1 and Year 2 children which will enable the old mobiles to be removed from the playground.

Heronswood Primary School pupils supported Anti-Bullying Week by celebrating what makes them different, coinciding with the theme ‘All Different, All Equal’. They had a week full of events which included teaching the children to identify the different types of bullying, how bullying affects different people and where to go to seek help.

On Friday 10th of November, as part of our school careers day, Heronswood pupils were visited by people from a number of different professions. All pupil’s greatly enjoyed the experience and were able to discuss what life is like after school.

The children from Heronswood Primary School and Pre-School enjoyed a frightening experience as they participated in this year’s Halloween Disco, which was held in the school hall. In total about 150 children came along to join in with the fun and festivities.

At Heronswood Primary School we offer child care for children aged 3-12 years. Each day we provide a range of activities to ensure all our children have lots of fun but in addition each day has a special theme. Whether you are a working parent or just fancy a little bit of peace and quiet, get in touch and sign up for our holiday club.

We are hoping to take our choir to the NEC, Genting Arena again this year to take part in the Young Voices concert in January 2018 which sees almost 10,000 children coming together to sing the same songs.

Parents, Children and Staff at Heronswood are celebrating after being awarded the very well-deserved overall ‘GOOD’ judgement from OFSTED. In particular the school are exceptionally proud of being awarded OUTSTANDING in two areas.

This week, a specially selected group of Year 5 children from Heronswood have all passed their Jumping Jaxx Play Leader training. The children greatly enjoyed the event, learning new games and creating new ways to play sports.

This week at Heronswood Primary School, celebrations were running high for the 39 children who managed to achieve 100% attendance for the whole school year. The children, who were from Reception up to Year 6, joined Mrs Pierpoint, Miss Whelan and Mrs Bingham for afternoon tea in the school hall.

On Thursday 8th June, children at Heronswood Primary School immersed themselves in a day of valuable and interesting activities relating to exercise and the human body, as part of their second Healthy Living Day.

On Tuesday 23rd May 2017, Anna, from the NSPCC (National Society of Provision of Cruelty to Children) visited Heronswood Primary School to lead an assembly for Key Stage 2 children in Year 3 to Year 6.

Last week all the children from Heronswood Primary School celebrated World Book Day in style. Every single child, across the whole school abandoned school uniform in favour of a book character costume instead.

During the week beginning Monday 16th of October, Heronswood Primary School held their annual ‘Arts Week’. The focus this year was on learning new skills and developing previous knowledge and understanding. Of course, there was lots of mess and fun thrown in too!

At Heronswood Primary School we offer child care for children aged 3-12 years. Each day we provide a range of activities to ensure all our children have lots of fun but in addition each day has a special theme. Whether you are a working parent or just fancy a little bit of peace and quiet, get in touch and sign up for our holiday club.

This week at Heronswood Primary School, celebrations were running high for the 24 children who managed to achieve 100% attendance for the whole school year. The children, who were from Year 1 up to Year 6, joined Mrs Pierpoint for afternoon tea in the school hall.

On Wednesday 20th July, Year Five and Six pupils at Heronswood delivered a brilliantly stunning performance of one of the most popular Disney animated musicals, The Lion King. Year Six actors presented the story of a lion cub's journey to adulthood and acceptance of his royal destiny.

On Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd July the amazing Year Six pupils at Heronswood said a fond farewell to their school friends during their leaving assembly and passing out parade. It was a celebration of the children’s time at school, sharing memories with both staff and pupils.

On Friday 1st July we took almost 120 children from Heronswood Primary School to Croome Court, near Worcester, where we performed alongside the other 3 schools in our Rivers Academy Trust; Great Witley, St Clements and Cutnall Green.

Year 3 and Year 4 children from Heronswood Primary School took part in a tailor made Myths and Legends workshop on a recent trip to a Birmingham Art Gallery. The visit was an exciting end to their ‘Mythical Mayhem’ topic.

The Year 6 children from Heronswood Primary School were invited to the Houses of Parliament last week to enjoy a tour of the historic building and find out more about the process of democracy in Britain.

The Local Governing Body at Heronswood Primary School visited the children in their classrooms to see how writing is taught and how the consistent approach is having a positive impact on outcomes for children.

The parents of Heronswood Pre-School recently had the opportunity to enjoy two ‘Stay and Play’ sessions with their children. Parents were invited in so that they could see the different types of learning activities that their children participate in on a daily basis.

The Local Governing Body at Heronswood Primary School visited the children in their classrooms to see how maths is taught and how the consistent approach is having a positive impact on outcomes for children.

This year is the first year that our Year Two children at Heronswood Primary will sit the brand new SAT’s tests which are linked directly to the National Curriculum. In September 2014 the government introduced a new and updated national curriculum framework which your children started when they were in Year One.

During our October half term the children from Heronswood Primary School were set a very unusual challenge. For the first time ever, the children from Reception up to Year 6 were asked to participate in a Scarecrow making competition.

Just before our half term holiday, the children from all three schools in our Rivers Academy Trust, participated in an arts week which focused on art from around the world. The children looked at Africa, Australia, France, India and Belgium along with Rainforests and Oceans.

The new Head of School, Mrs Pierpoint and Mark Garnier, the local Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest, officially opened the brand new, state-of-the-art building at Heronswood Primary School, on the Spennells estate this week.

Year 3 and 4 children at Heronswood Primary School brought their curriculum to life through a drama workshop designed by Freshwater Theatre Company. The professional theatre company hooked the children into their new topic, ‘Wonder At The World’ through a range of interactive drama activities in a ‘Let’s Locate – Continents’ workshop.

Ghosts and ghouls were wondering through Spennells Valley Nature Reserve when the whole of Heronswood Primary School went on a sponsored walk in their fancy dress costumes. Heronswood Primary School Council wanted to find a unique way to raise money for school funds and decided that they would do this by utilising the local area, whilst keeping fit at the same time!

The children from Heronswood Primary School enjoyed a frightening experience as they participated in this year’s Halloween Party, which was held on the school field and in our Forest School area. In total about 80 children came along to join in with the fun.

The Year 5 and 6 children at Heronswood Primary School demonstrated their modern foreign language skills by organising and running a French cafe. This was part of a cross curricular topic which the whole school benefitted from.

On the 2nd of June Miss Shaw’s class had the pleasure of meeting Prince Benjamin of Heronswood Forest when he came to deliver a royal invitation inviting all the children to the King and Queen’s ball, which was to be held on Friday 5th June.

On Saturday morning, the amazing choir from Heronswood Primary enthralled shoppers in Kidderminster Town Centre with their beautiful singing. The children were in fine voice and performed all of the songs which feature on their very own compilation CD; 14 songs altogether.

On Friday the 6th of March all the children, from Year 1 up to Year 6 gathered in the hall to be part of making a whole school CD, this was a special and rare occasion. At the front of the hall there was a man; Matt who was from ‘School Recording Stars .’

This week the DJ, Dicky Dodd from Signal 107 radio station came to visit Heronswood Primary School to interview 10 of our children because we have been nominated as school of the week by one of our families.

Our Year 6 children have just returned from an amazing visit to London, where they took in a whistle stop tour of all the main sites. We were very lucky with the weather and although it was cold, the sun shone all day. The main focus of this visit was the pre-arranged visit to the Houses of Parliament, which was the final stop of the day.

By candlelight tonight our singing club, made up of children from Year 2 up to Year 6, totally captivated our hearts as they performed their little hearts out in front of a huge crowd at St George’s Church in Kidderminster.

This week it was the turn of our Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 parents to became children again as they learnt about maths in the classrooms. We wanted our parents to understand how maths is taught at Heronswood so that they are able to support their children with their learning.

This year the children in Year 5 and Year 6 designed and made their own stalls. They included pin the nose on Rudolph, the sock game, plate raffle, reindeer food and choco cards. In addition, the Heronswood Helpers also ran a café, a bottle tombola, a chocolate tombola and a cake stall.

This afternoon our Year 1 and Year 2 parents became children again as they learnt about maths in the classrooms. We wanted our parents to understand how maths is taught at Heronswood so that they are able to support their children with their learning.

Just before half term we handed out our parent questionnaire survey at parents evening, to enable the views of our families to be heard. We were delighted to receive 62 responses which have since been analysed and viewed on an individual basis.

We were delighted with the number of people who supported the school last Friday by attending the summer fair. There was a happy and relaxed feel as people explored all the stalls that were on offer and with the sun shinning on us, we couldn’t have asked for any more. It was lovely to see lots of our families, friends, relatives and local residents soaking up the carnival atmosphere.

On Thursday this week all of our Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 children came to school in their PE kits ready for sports day. We managed to complete all of the events and the races during the morning session and the weather was perfect not too hot and dry the whole time.

On Tuesday this week all of our Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children put on their PE kits ready for their sports day. The weather was very kind; not too hot and dry the whole time which enabled us to do all the events and races.

Every Friday after school, the choir meet in the school hall to rehearse a whole range of songs. They have worked very hard since September to learn the melodies, lyrics and movements for our performance which is shared in front of a huge audience.

The Spring term ended with a whole school celebration of the Year 3/4 Settlers and Invaders topic. Over the course of the term we have developed our brand new forest school area and this provided the perfect venue for a living museum.

On Monday 31st March 2014 Year 4 went on a residential trip to Condover Hall for 2 nights. On route we stopped at Wroxeter, which was the fourth largest city in Roman Britain. We explored the remains of the Bath house as well as viewing a replica of a Roman town house. We even tried on some Roman clothes. After a picnic lunch we continued on our journey down Watling Street!

The Year 5 and Year 6 children at Heronswood have been learning all about Natural Art over this last term. The topic started with a special visit to The Wyre Forest and an amazing visit from an Ice Sculpture, who came into school.

At Heronswood Primary School our Reception children and staff are currently embarking on a mammoth task as they turn their concrete jungle into a multisensory haven, full of opportunities for learning.

Children at Heronswood Primary School experienced an exotic day, on Wednesday 12th March when they were visited by The Animal Man (theanimalman.co.uk). This amazing and stimulating opportunity was enjoyed by all the children in Key Stage 1 and the Reception classes.

Last week all the children from Heronswood Primary School celebrated World Book Day in style. Every single child, across the whole school abandoned school uniform in favour of a book character costume instead.

On February 10th 2014, Y6 visited Culmington Manor for a fun filled week of adventurous activities. We arrived after lunch and had a few minutes to settle in to the dorms. Everyone was excited deciding who was sleeping on the top and bottom bunks!

Mrs Lynch and Mrs Mikolajczyk have said: "Year 3 and 4 went on a trip to Cadbury World on Wednesday 6th November 2013 to find out more about chocolate to help us with our topic. We discovered more about the history of chocolate and how it is made and sold.